I guess my age is giving me away on this one - fantasy football ruined my pleasure of the NFL almost 30 years ago; the last 10 years has removed my interest altogether. Baseball is my favorite - only listen on radio as I will not pay to watch, whether in the stands or on TV - I tried last year and it cost my wife and I $250+ to not see great effort baseball.
The pay for watching (which has been active for a while) and all the gambling ads connected to engaging the consumer to watch has driven me away. That bookends the entitled opinions and virtue signaling that has taken place in sport the last 10 years as well.
Too many here have given up on the NFL but the country will not. Getting bigger. Wait for the next tv deal which will come early. Fact is this is Rome. 18 games is too much but do you think the owners care? All those torn ACL’s. There will always be next man up.
I am pretty much burned out of any interest in the sports industrial complex.
Sports has pulled more and more people, including childern, out of church on Sunday. The conscience of the general public has suffered for it.